Destination: Socialization

I am happy to report that Elijah will finally start receiving the speech services that I have waited so long him to get. I met with our family consultant this past Friday, to go over Elijah’s progress since he has joined The Center for Autism’s program in December of last year. So far he is progressing accordingly. He needs more work with his socialization skills, learning how to interact with his peers. Sometimes I feel sad cause my daughter Sophia tries to play with Elijah, but because of his condition he is unable to show a real interest in her. She looks at him with her big eyes and her face lights up with laughter as she watches him act silly. I can’t wait for the day when he is able to interact with her on his own without being coached into it.
In other news Elijah’s favorite reading time book is Llama Llama Mad At Mama and Night Shift Daddy. I have to say I really enjoy reading it myself. He will walk around the house and ask me and husband to read to him several times a day. It’s the cutest thing. Bath times are slowly getting better. This morning during bath time I had to calm him down from crying, once he stopped crying he got to use his Thomas Shaving Kit that my mom gave to him as a Christmas gift. Every day Elijah amazes me with something that he does that I have not seen him do before. I love my little guy so much and can’t believe how fast he is growing.